The next morning Frida woke up before the boys did and decided to walk around. She smiled as she felt the sun on her face and breathed in the fresh air. After being locked up for seven years it was nice to finally be free. She was free and she was hungry. It had been so long since her last meal and her stomach was growling.
"I'm starving." She said to herself.
She spotted a canary chirping on a tree branch with a nest of eggs next to it. She licked her lips as she watched it then she crept over to the tree and snatched it. An hour later Manny and Zebra Donkey woke up to find Frida cooking over a fire.
"Good morning. How do you like your eggs?" She said.
"Um what's all this for?" Manny asked.
"I'm really sorry for how I acted so I decided to make you breakfast."
Manny looked at her confused. No one ever did anything nice for him.
"Um thanks. Hey these are canary eggs!"
"Yes is that an issue?"
"No I love canary eggs. You know canaries are really tasty."
"I know and chewy too." Frida said.
The boys looked at her shocked and confused by her answered.
"Um I'm assuming they're chewy because birds are generally very plump looking and stuff."
"Okay." Manny went to put out the fire.
"You talk like you've actually eaten them? Have you ever eaten a canary?" Zebra Donkey asked.
"No! What would give you that idea?"
Then she coughed up some feathers making him jump back in shock.
"Manny! Did you see that?"
"See what?"
"Feathers! She coughed up feathers."
"What no I didn't." She lied.
"Hey I know what I saw and she was coughing up feathers not to mention she's got that look."
"What look?" Manny asked.
"She looks like the cat who caught the canary. Literally."
Manny was about to object when she coughed up more feathers. The both of them looked at her strangely.
"Alright so I eat birds. I'm the only princess who sees them as food instead of a friend." She confessed. "Hey don't judge me! Not all princesses have to be vegetarians you know."
"I know I've just never met one who ate bird before." Manny said.
"Is that a problem?"
"No honestly it's kind of refreshing."
"Thanks well eat up have a big day a head of us."
After breakfast they continued through the woods toward Sergio's kingdom. On the way Manny burped out loud.
"Manny!" Zebra Donkey said.
"What? It's a compliment. Better out than in."
"That's no way to behave in front of a princess."
Frida burped back much to the surprise of her travelling companions.
"Thanks." She said.
"She's as nasty as you are." Zebra Donkey gasped.
"Burping out loud and eating birds. You know you're not what I expected." Manny said.
"Well maybe you shouldn't judge people before you get to know them." Frida said.
She hummed as she walked then out of no where someone just swung by and grabbed her.
"Princess!" Manny gasped.
The person who grabbed her was some skinny guy dressed as errol flynn. He swung up toward a tree branch where they landed.
"What are you doing?" Frida asked.
"Be still Senorita. For I am your savior and I'm rescuing you from this furry beast." He began kiss up her arm but she slapped him in disgust. "Oooo. I like a woman with fire."
"Hey! That's my princess go find your own!" Manny shouted.
"Please monster! Can't you see I'm a little busy here."
"Look pal! I don't know who you think you are!" Frida said.
"Oh sorry my name is Carlito, I am the valiant hero who robs from the rich and gives to the poor."
"Hey I've heard of you! You're a fake!" Manny said. "Yeah he steals from the rich alright but that whole give to the poor thing is a crock! He pockets all the money for himself!
"I... Don't know what you're talking about." Carlito said though he was aware that Manny was telling the truth. "I won't have you smear my good name monster!"
"What good name? You're just a low count thief who tells those lies about giving to the poor so nobody will turn you in for the reward money."
"Enough! Merry men! Front and center!"
Then a group of boys appeared with bows and arrows that they pointed at Manny and Zebra Donkey.
"Oh great he has a fan club." Manny groaned.
Carlito jumped down from the tree and pulled out a dagger which he pointed towards Manny.
"Prepare to die beast!"
He was just about to strike when Frida jumped down and knocked him out with a kick. Then landed on her feet like a cat.
"Newsflash dude I don't like phony heroes." She said brushing dirt off the skirt of her dress.
"Oh you little!" One of his men said. He fired an arrow but Frida dodged it and then she punched him in the face several times. Two of them came after her but she drop kicked them both in the jaw, she punched and kicked three in a back flip, and she took out the last one with a single punch. Manny and Zebra Donkey looked at her beyond shocked and amazed.
"Shall we?" Frida said.
"Hold the phone." Manny said. "Where did that come from?"
"What?"
"That! That was amazing! Where did you learn that?"
"Well I didn't spend all my time in that tower learning sewing and embroidery. I taught myself some martial arts."
"No way. No teacher?"
"No."
"I don't believe that."
"It's true. I had to because when one lives alone one needs to learn these things in case there's uh- there's an arrow in your butt!"
"What?" He turned around and saw that a rogue arrow had gotten wedged into his behind. "Oh how did that get in there? And how did I not feel it?"
"Oh no! I am so sorry!"
"What's wrong?" Zebra Donkey asked.
"Manny's hurt."
"Oh no! He's hurt! He's gonna die!"
"Zebra Donkey calm down if you wanna help Manny run into the woods and find me a blue flower with red throns." Frida said.
"Blue flower, red thorns! Okay I'm on it! Blue flower, red thorns! Don't die Manny and if you see a dark tunnel stay away from the light."
"Zebra Donkey!" They both said irritated.
"Oh right!"
"What are the flowers for?" Manny asked.
"For getting rid of him so I can hear myself think. Now you hold still and I'll just yank this out."
She grabbed the arrow in his butt.
"Ow! Hey! Easy with the yanken!" Manny cried jumping back.
"I'm sorry but it has to come out." She tried to reach for it but he dodged her.
"No it's tender!"
"Don't move!"
"Okay time out!" He said stopping her.
"Would you- Okay what do you propose we do?"
Zebra Donkey had found a whole bush with of blue flowers with red thorns but he wasn't exactly good with color.
"Blue flower, red thorns. Blue flower, red thorns. This would be so much easier if I wasn't color blind."
"Ow!" Manny shouted.
"Hold on Manny! I'm coming!"
He was lying down while she was trying to gently ease the arrow out.
"Ow! Not good!" Manny groaned.
"Okay I almost have it out." Frida said.
"Ow!"
"Ugh! This is so frustrating! Why can'tyou just let me yank it out?"
"Because it'll hurt!"
"It'll be like ripping off a bandage. Short and quick."
"And painful. You have to remove it gently."
"That'll take forever!"
"I don't care! If you just yank it out it will hurt."
"Oh don't be a baby!" She gave the arrow a tug.
"Ow!" He shouted.
"Oh!" She gasped.
In pain, Manny flipped over and knocked Frida on top of him. They both blushed at the close contact and found themselves unable to move at the moment.
"Ahem!" Zebra Donkey said.
"Um nothing happened!" Manny said shoving Frida off him.
"Look if you wanted to be alone all you had to do was ask."
"Oh come on that's the last thing on my mind. The princess was just- Ahhhhh!"
Frida had yanked the arrow out of his butt then gave him an"I told you so" grin.
"Owwwwww!" He said quietly.
"Hey um is that blood?" Zebra Donkey asked nervously when he saw the red stuff at the end of the arrow. Then he fainted.
"Is he okay?" Frida asked.
"He's fine." Manny assured her, he picked him up and threw him over his shoulder. "Shall we go now?"
"After you."